Mangas

Summary from iskultrip Scans: Jim is a young boy bound by a curse which seals him in the darkness of purgatory for 100 years. Bound by a curse, half of his heart is held by his best friend Luca. Due to Luca’s betrayal, Jim lost both his “best friend” and his “heart”. Once every 100 years, Jim is allowed to roam free for only 10 days and search for Luca whom he must defeat! Hatred replaces friendship and friends become enemies, now, who will be the one left alive?

Juushingura is about a samurai girl protecting her master and Oo-oku, a place where her master's concubines stay.

Matsuka Ryou is a school girl who does not seem to take life seriously. She dreams of growing up and becoming a wanderer or a minstrel. She is the adviser and sole member of the light music club (although its not really a club). However when she picks up a key that a teacher drops, a whole new world is opened up to her...

Yomiko Readman's love for literature goes far beyond any run-of-the-mill bookworm's! In fact, she has a supernatural ability to manipulate paper in the most amazing ways. From turning a tiny scrap into a lethal throwing dagger to making a single sheet hard enough to block bullets, she's only limited by her imagination. She uses her phenomenal power to seek out legendary books containing secret information that, in the wrong hands, could be dangerous. Backed by a Special Operations Division in England, Yomiko has her hands full battling evildoers, saving the world, and trying to find time to curl up with a good book.

Read or Dream, also called Shin Read or Die, is the sequal to the Read or Die four volume manga. It does not feature Yomiko Readman as the main character, but rather new characters from the Division of Special Operations of the Royal British Library. From Viz: Michelle is a romantic daydreamer and hardcore book collector. Maggie is a soft-spoken bookworm who always gets mistaken for a boy. Anita is an athletic tomboy who doesn't have time for reading. Together, they're the Paper Sisters, three very different siblings united by a strange power--the ability to control paper in any way they desire! And from their Hong Kong detective agency, they solve any and all cases involving books! p/s slight shoujo-ai

From Go! Comi: On the distant planet of Deloca, teenagers enroll in an education system like no other – a mobile journey that takes place onboard a train. There are standard School Trains for general studies...and then there's the Special Train, an expectional institution whose students receive anything but a normal education. Reiichi is a student contented to obediently follow the tracks laid out before him…but when Arena, a rebellious girl with a mysterious past, enters the scene, his life is completely derailed! While dodging the persistent investigator after Arena, Reiichi and his unintended partner-in-crime experience a school year never to be forgotten.